HITLER WARNED US: The Nazis' Master Plan for a Master Race

by John Laffin

Why didn't the Great Powers' intelligence experts and ambassadors, political observers and behavioural psychologists tell their governments during the 1930s that Adolph Hitler was a threat to humanity? Perhaps they did just that and were ignored. Hitler's intentions and ambitions, his strategy and tactics, his character and personality were all there to be read and analyzed. In his speeches and writings, in his actions and in body language, the dictator was transparently obvious. Yet, this evil man was unopposed as he led his nation into an attempted conquest of Europe and much of the rest of the world. On the way, he planned to exterminate not only the Jews of Europe but all minority groups, whether or not they opposed him. He preached absolute supremacy of the German peoples and believed that on them he could found the "thousand-year reich". During the 1920s and more significantly during the 1930s, how did he get away with it? This book analyzes Hitler's methods of deceit and manipulation and his rise to power. It does this through photographs taken on Hitler's orders, and through texts prepared by Hitler's shrewd propaganda chief, Joseph Goebbels. The pictures were not secret, but most have not previously been published outside Germany. They were certainly available to any agent, journalist or diplomat intent on revealing that the liberal West should not have been surprised by anything that Hitler did. John Laffin is the author of "The World in Conflict Annuals" and "Brassey's Battles".

166 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

John Laffin was a prolific author with nearly 130 books to his name. Many of his books concerned military history.

Laffin's parents both served in WWI, his father in the 20th Battalion and his mother as a nurse. In 1940, aged 24, having worked with Smith's Weekly and The Wagga Advertiser, he enlisted in the 2nd AIF. He trained as an infantryman and later completed an officer course before serving in New Guinea. While convalescing in Sydney in 1943 he met his wife Hazelle.

After the war Laffin worked for a number of newspapers and magazines, wrote short novels and began his own feature service and editing unit. With his family he left for England in 1956 where he resided for nearly 40 years. He wrote articles for Australian newspapers and taught English, history and geography in secondary colleges.

Laffin traveled extensively in Europe, especially the Western Front areas of WWI and in the Middle East. He returned to Australia in 1995 but Hazelle developed heart problems and died in early 1997. He is survived by his two daughters, Bronwen and Pirenne, and a son, Craig.